The Personality of Jesus (1932)
Context: By his own experience of God and his estimate of man, by his emphasis upon and practice of brotherhood, by his repudiation of hatred and violence, while attacking with audacity deeply entrenched inequities, and by his vicarious suffering on the cross, Jesus awakens, challenges and inspires us to take up the cross and follow in his sacrificially redemptive steps. Thus we are saved and thus society must be redeemed.
Source: Discipleship (1937), Discipleship and the Cross, p. 85
“If Jesus bore the cross, and died on it for me, ought I not to be willing to take it up for Him?”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 170.
Source: Unless You Become Like This Child
Source: Discipleship (1937), Discipleship and the Cross, p. 88.
Context: Jesus' call to bear the cross places all who follow him in the community of the forgiveness of sins. Forgiving sins is the Christ-suffering required of his disciples. It is required of all Christians.
Source: German Bishops turn attention to Synod and abuse scandal https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2021-09/germany-bishops-general-assembly-synod-abuse-scandal.html (21 September 2021)
“Today many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you?”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 88
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 535.
Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
